Kureika (village) explained

66.467°N 87.171°WKureika is a Russian village just north of the Arctic Circle near Turukhansk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, by the confluence of Kureika River and Yenisey. Here Joseph Stalin spent his final exile in 1914–1916. In 1938 the was established. In 1952 a pavilion was built surrounding and preserving the izba (wooden hut) Stalin had lived in during his exile. The museum was closed and hut was demolished, along with Stalin's statue, during de-Stalinization in 1961, and the pavilion was burnt in a fire in 1996.[1]

Population

1989[2] 422
2002181
2010[3] 78

Notes and References

  1. https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2013/03/06/53829-ten-tirana-v-sibirskoy-glubinke "Тень тирана в сибирской глубинке"
  2. Web site: ИТОГИ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ ПЕРЕПИСИ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ 2002 ГОДА. Сельские населенные пункты Красноярского края. Госкомстат России, Красноярск, 2004 .
  3. Web site: Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Итоги по Красноярскому краю. 1.10 Численность населения гор.округов, мун.районов, гор. и сел. поселе .